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After months of construction, Italian-style coffee house Caffè Nero will open on Wednesday, April 10 at 547 Main St. in Winchester Center. Winchester’s location will be the 28th in the Boston area. On its first day the coffee shop will open at 7 a.m. and will close at 3 p.m. All the visitors will get to try any coffee or handcrafted beverage for fr...

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Boston Italian Artists (BIA) held a launch event this week to create the first organization in the city for the Italian-American artistic community. Hosted at Boston’s Italian Consulate with Consul General Federica Sereni, dozens of artists gathered to take part in the new group. BIA is founded by President Chiara Durazzini, Vice President Stefano...

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MC Slim JB reviews Karen Akunowicz’s new South Boston enoteca Fox & the Knife for the Improper Bostonian this week, digging into the full spread of Italian dishes, from aperitivo hour through dinner and dessert. Starting dinner with the house-made focaccia, “lasciviously oozing melted taleggio,” and easing into a “genius reinvention” of a Caesar sa...

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“Joseph” Giuseppe Antonio MARCELLINO nacque a Grotteria (RC), il 5 gennaio Agosto del 1891, da Vincenzo (settantunenne “calzolaio” figlio di Pasquale e Anna Nesci) e Rosa Bruzzese (trentenne “filatrice” figlia di Giorgio e Caterina Jirilli). L’atto di nascita fu registrato dinanzi a Raffaele Mundolo l’allora Sindaco di Grotteria. I suoi genitori, t...

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GIADA, an Italian luxury womenswear brand, will open its new flagship boutique and first North American location at The Heritage On The Garden, in Boston's Back Bay. The 4,300 SF boutique was designed by award-winning Italian architect and designer, Claudio Silvestrin. Known for creating serene and simple forms of architecture, Silvestrin's archite...

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Sunday, April 7, 2019. 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM EDT. Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Ciao a tutti, It's that time of the year that all of you were waiting for...Pasta Night Competition is coming! The four Italian Student Associations existing in the Boston Area (i.e. from BU, Harvard, MIT and Northeaste...

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Last week Mayor Martin Walsh announced the appointment of Lina Tramelli as the East Boston Neighborhood Liaison within the Mayor’s Civic Engagement Cabinet. Tramelli will replace Jesús García-Mota who will now become Mayor Walsh’s Citywide liaison to the Latino community. Tramelli will officially begin serving as Eastie’s liaison on April 8. “Lina...

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Tony & Elaine’s, a red-sauce joint from North End restaurateur Nick Frattaroli (Bodega Canal, North Square Oyster, Ward 8). The restaurant is new, but it feels like a throwback, intentionally: red-checked tablecloths, raffia-wrapped Chianti bottles, cheesy vintage posters, the works. It follows in the footsteps of restaurants like Carbone and Parm...

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As a young actor in New York, Chazz Palminteri did a lot of theater. And when he moved to Los Angeles, he booked guest appearances on television shows like “Matlock,” “Hill Street Blues” and “Dallas.” Restless for a career-making part, however, Palminteri remembered something his father had told him, and decided to use his own life story to create...

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Saturday, April 6th, 2019. 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA. Meet some of the best Italian craftsmen, artists, foods makers and professionals in Boston. Event schedule: 4 to 7pm Meet Italian Associations, Professionals & Businesses – free attendance; 7 to 8pm Panel discussion on Italian immigration. 8 to 11pm Cocktail reception and jazz concert. You...

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